Book Review - AAIHS

Black Religion and Political Thought

December 1, 2022November 25, 2022 Joseph Winters black lives matter, Black political thought, Black Power, book review, religion

In the era of Black Lives Matter, Black political thought has acquired renewed interest and attention. As recurring incidents of

Immunity, Capitalism, and the Antebellum New Orleans

November 22, 2022November 18, 2022 Maniza Ahmed racism, slavery

Many believed that Union soldiers stationed in New Orleans, Louisiana, would soon die. Both Union soldiers and city residents expected

Olaudah Equiano’s Transnational Insights

November 10, 2022November 1, 2022 Taylor Prescott Black Atlantic, book review, Internationalism, Olaudah Equiano, Transnationalism

Few figures of the eighteenth century have captured the attention of historians, literary critics, and scholars of Africana studies as

Black Journalists and The Great Migration

November 8, 2022October 29, 2022 Tichaona Chinyelu black intellectual history, Jim Crow, literature, Resistance

Coined in 1897, the phrase “all the news that’s fit to print” is a motto of the newspaper industry designed

Black Chicagoans, The Great Migration, and Nature

November 3, 2022November 6, 2022 Jason Martin Chicago, class, Jim Crow, Nature, Park

In Landscapes of Hope, author Brian McCammack brings together topics such as recreation, celebration, resistance, class conflict, protest, and activism.